art Sculpture

Softcover. New York, Museum for African Art, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 263 pages. Softcover with paper wrappers. Exhibition catalog, 9x12", color and b&w photographs of the art and culture of the Bamana people. Tight copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Softcover. Millbank, Tate Gallery Publications, Reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 134 pages. Softcover. Light marginal wear to edges. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Cover photograph of the artist's workshop in full color. Clean & unmarked.

Hardcover. 5 Continents, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 10" x 11.5", together with dust jacket, new, still in shrinkwrap. 196 pages, illustrated in color. Ceil Pulitzer started her journey as a collector of African art more than thirty years ago. Her artistic spirit has drawn her to all forms of culture and human expression across time and space. As a dedicated painter, she has relentlessly exercised her eye in the study of art and art history. As a collector of modern art first, she understood that African art shaped the trajectory of twentieth-century art. Later, in Paris, she met the venerable expert and legendary dealer of African art, Charles Ratton. In one brief meeting, he said to her: "You have a good eye." This encounter distilled her passion and pursuit of excellence in classical African art. The Ceil and Michael Pulitzer Foundation has developed and supported a number of philanthropic endeavors in Africa, and in major institutions that promote the art of Africa and humanitarian efforts there.

Hardcover. Larkspur Landing, Lapis Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 157 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Wrinkling to bottom right corner of page 147/148. Dust jacket with light wear along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Softcover. NY, Andre Emmerich Gallery, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 24 pages with color photos of the artist's sculptures. Name on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Softcover. NY, Andre Emmerich Gallery, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 32 pages with color illustrations. Introduction by Carter Ratcliff. Name on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Softcover. NY, Andre Emmerich Gallery, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, exhibition catalog, 20 pages. Six color pates. Name on inside front cover otherwise clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New Delhi, Lalit Kala Akademi, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 52 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dust jacket with tape repaired tears along edges, areas of fading. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 3rd pr., 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, color illustrations. Renowned artist and architect Maya Lin's visual and verbal sketchbook--a unique view into her artwork and philosophy. Boundaries is her first book: an eloquent visual/verbal sketchbook produced with the same inspiration and attention to detail as any of her other artworks. Like her environmental sculptures, it is a site, but one which exists at a remove so that it may comment on the personal and artistic elements that make up those works. In it, sketches, photographs, workbook entries, and original designs are held together by a deeply personal text. Boundaries is a powerful literary and visual statement by "a leading public artist" (Holland Carter). It is itself a unique work of art. Clean copy.

Softcover. Hamburg CR, Galerie Scheffel GMBH, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 24 pages illustrated color photos with the sculptor's works. Essay by Manfred Fath. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Philadephia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, 240 pages. Text in English with contributions by Carlos Basualdo, Erica F. Battle, Marco De Michelis, and Michael R. Taylor. Includes numerous illustrations, most in color. A very near fine copy in illustrated boards. Bruce Nauman (b 1941) has assembled a mesmerizing body of work that encompasses video, installation, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and neon. This work explores the interconnections among several specific themes that have recurred prominently throughout four decades of Nauman's work.

Hardcover. Silkworm Books/Buppha Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 430 pages with b&w and color plates. This comprehensive and attractive reference is divided into four parts: the historical and cultural background; the analysis of Northern Buddha images, including iconography, style, techniques, and dating; the types of Northern Buddha images; and associated Buddhist sculpture, such as footprints and mythical creatures. The Buddha images are classified by style and date, using those images with inscribed dates as the armature around which to cluster the undated statues. The images are analyzed in detail and placed in their historical, cultural, and religious context. Richly illustrated with photographs and line drawings, this volume is an indispensable reference and guide to Buddha images and other Buddhist sculpture of Northern Thailand. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 687 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Remainder mark on page block, otherwise clean, tight copy. Minor, if any, wear to covers.

Softcover. NY, Jaap Rietman, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 88 pages. Profusely illustrated in b&w. Essay by David Bourdon, with additional text by Barbara Rose. Designed by Richard S. Haymes. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a 1978 circulating American Museum retrospective exhibition of sixteen sculptures and sculptural installations executed between 1959 and 1977 by minimal pioneer Carl Andre. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, 2nd pr., 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover,163 black and white plates illustrating Milles' sculptures. Oversized. A comprehensive book on the foremost sculptor of Sweden, Carl Milles (1875-1955). Beautiful black and white photographs of his stone and bronze sculpture - mostly depicting commissions in the U.S. as he was a professor at Cranbrook and a permanent resident in the U.S. Clothbound, In very good condition, Index. Dust jacket torn along bottom edges with a large chunk missing from top of spine. Tape repairs to reverse of dust jacket. Some slight yellowing to pages, but all plates are in very good condition.

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press , 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 76 pages of text plus 162 pages of b&w plates featuring work by this Swedish sculptor. Rust colored cloth with gilt type on spine. Light fraying to bottom of spine otherwise very good.

Softcover. Hohenems AUS, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 38 pages, b&w illustrations. German text. Caroline Ramersdorfer was born in Lustenau, Vorarlberg, Austria in 1960. She lives and works in Wells, NY. Ramersdorfer carves slabs of marble to reveal complex interior spaces creating a variety of "views" and perceptions. This catalog from the International Sculpture Symposia in Hohenems, Austria. Name inside front cover. Artist's name and addresses pasted in rear endpapers.

Softcover. Washington D.C., The Smithsonian Institution Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Exhibition catalog, 127 pages, 74 B&W plates throughout. Edgewear to cover. Small blemish to front of wrapper. Otherwise a very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Art Media Resources, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 305 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light edgewear to cover boards, otherwise clean bright copy. Color pictures throughout. 12x12x1 dimensions. Numbering over 250 works spanning nearly 1500 years, the Dewey collection of ancient Chinese tomb sculpture is exceptional for its breadth and outstanding quality. Representing nearly all figural types, stylistic traditions and themes, it provides a comprehensive visual record with fascinating insights into the customs and fashions, inventions and superstitions of ancient China's ruling elite during the golden age of the Great Silk Road.

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 235 pages, 251 illustrations with 56 plates in full color. Includes selected bibliography. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Geneva, Switzerland, Nagel Publishers, 1st, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 146 pages, with color plates and illustrations. 789 of 3000 limited edition first printing. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket. Minor foxing throughout in text areas, but illustrations are unaffected. Some creased color plates. Tight binding and overall good condition.

Hardcover. Chihuly Workshop, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Chihuly: On Fire encompasses four decades of his breathtaking work in an extensive, illustrated chronology with 177 illustrations, including 166 full-color plates and a comprehensive essay by art historian and acclaimed author, Henry Adams. This publication will take you on a visual journey through the artist's most important series: Cylinders, Baskets, Seaforms, Macchia, Soft Cylinders, Persians, Venetians, Putti, Ikebana, Jerusalem Cylinders, Rotolo and many more. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London/NY, Castle Books (Thomas Nelson & Sons), 1st, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket with some light spotting to rear panel. 204 pages, 24 color plates, 96 b&w illustrations and 9 Figure illustrations. "Previous books on the subject have often been based on inaccurate and varying translations of Chinese writings. Mr. Thiel, on the other hand, has carefully and studiously avoided speculation and fantasies, confining himself absolutely to the facts. Beginning with Chou and Ha Dynasties of 1122-206 B.C. and covering the periods up to and including the Ch-ing Dynasty of 1644-1912 A.D.; all that a collector needs to know about style, workmanship, color, texture, glaze is included here with stress on exact information. chapters are devoted to the all-important T-ang and Ming Dynasties."

Hardcover. London, Ernest Benn, 1st, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcovers, four volume set complete. Matching gray-brown buckram cloth with gilt front cover decoration and gilt spine lettering. Set from architect Albert Kahn's library with his pencil signature on each fly leaf. Vol. 1 Text, cxlvi plus 168 page index with detailed descriptions of plates. B&w frontispiece. Vol. II Plates 1-205. Vol. III Plates 206-421. Volume IV Plates 422- . Small stickers on bottom of spine. An exceptional set and reference. Very heavy volumes. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.